$26,070
Cherry Tall Clock by Eli Terry, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1795, with case attributed to Eliphalet Chapin or Simeon Loomis, East Windsor, Connecticut, engraved rococo sheet-brass, silvered dial marked Eli Terry Plymouth , Roman numerals, scroll decoration in the spandrels, eight-day time and strike movement with calendar, wooden pendulum rod, brass faced bob and two tin-cased weights, the case with pagoda facade top, three turned finials, fluted freestanding columns, waist door flanked by fluted quarter columns and ogee bracket base with "Chapin-style" blocking, ht. 95 in. Eli Terry completed his apprenticeship with Daniel Burnap in 1792 and brass movement tall clocks by him are the earliest work of this prominent maker of wooden clocks. Of the several known examples, the present clock is closely related to that pictured and described in Kenneth Roberts, Eli Terry and the Connecticut Shelf Clock pp. 21-23. For additional information on this deve;opmental period in American clockmaking see Roberts, pp. 9-40. The case of this example is closely related to examples attributed to Eliphalet Chapin or Simeon Loomis of East Windsor, Connecticut as described in Kugleman, Kugleman and Lionetti, Connecticut Valley Furniture , p. 172. The distinctive "quadrant" blocking in the base of this clock is also found on a bureau attributed to these cabinet makers, Kugleman, Kugleman and Lionetti, p. 195. case stiles for movement support are restored, case refinished, hood glass cracked, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-20
